It's a strange thing to say about a team that won 95 games in 2018, but the Cubs are headed into the 2019 season as underdogs. Those final two days of last season shifted the tone of the franchise dramatically. The NL Central has only gotten tougher since then, and one major key for the Cubs to return

David Schoenfield ESPN Senior Writer Close Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Follow on Twitter The offseason is always about waiting ... waiting for baseball to be back. But this offseason has had even more waiting than usual, as we

On Thursday, the developer team at San Diego Studio streamed and revealed more information about the upcoming MLB The Show 19. The stream focused almost exclusively on the Road to the Show mode, as well as offering two more legend reveals. Here is a breakdown of the information shared on Thursday. The

LAKELAND, FL (WTVB) - The Detroit Tigers open the exhibition schedule this afternoon as they host Southeastern University at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida. Spencer Turnbull will start for Detroit, while 2018 number-one pick Casey Mize and prospect Kyle Funkhouser are also expected to pitch

JUPITER, Fla. • First baseman Paul Goldschmidt likely will be playing sometime this weekend when the Cardinals begin their exhibition schedule here against Miami on Saturday and then Washington in their home opener on Sunday. “And then we can ease Andrew into the spring and get him the appropriate amount

HONORABLE MENTION: 'BLAZER' AND 'SPARKY' Don Blasingame, aka "Blazer," handled much of the leadoff duties from 1955 to 1959. In '57, he scored 99 runs from the leadoff spot, contributed eight home runs, 56 runs batted in and 18 steals. Maybe the shortstop's best overall

Never one to shy away from knifing a fastball down the inside edge of the plate, Shreve had in recent years drifted away, away, and away from throwing in. His previous pitches to Yelich had been away, and so the National League MVP greeted another one with a swing that launched his 19th home run. At

Longtime Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man along an interstate late Wednesday night as he tried to avoid hitting the man's disabled vehicle, police say. Syracuse police say Jorge Jimenez, 51, was an occupant in a black Dodge Charger with three others when they apparently

With Manny Machado now officially the Padres' third baseman, Ian Kinsler can focus on playing second base for San Diego. Kinsler, fresh off a World Series title with the Boston Red Sox, was on a long list of possibilities at third base before that talk was squelched when Machado agreed this week